Those you love will not drown or burn. They will fly away.' ...'Now we both have people we love who are like birds. They have flown far from anything in this world that can hurt them. They're flying away still.

“The evening had turned sweet and blue.”

“Heart, soul, treasure, rain, sister, memory, knowledge, hope, will.”

“I wasn't quite as certain that I knew her soul. When it came right down to it, …”

“I could hardly get a boy to look at me. All right, they'd look, they'd even tak…”